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Topic: Help with a Davidson registration number (Read 2583 times)

Hi all,Could anybody tell me the best place to look up a registration number? I have what I think is a Davidson pressed glass cake stand with Rd254037 on it and I would like to know if there is a definitive guide I can reference to find out more about it.Many thanks,Hil

that pattern has been given the name of SOMERSET. (of course, it was never named by the factory). in my book VASELINE GLASS: CANARY TO CONTEMPORARY, there is a catalog illustration that shows what I think is most of the pattern. you can see other pieces in this pattern athttp://www.vaselineglass.org/william.jpgthis is from the vaselineglass.org website.

Daveaka: Mr. Vaseline Glass

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Thank you Anne. I like it and I use it several times a year for Birthday Cakes for the family.

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(hope I look as good when I'm 110! )

as for the age of it - am I right to assume that I will never be sure of it's exact age on account of not knowing how long it was produced for, after the pattern registration? They could have made them for 50 years for all I know :lol:

I have another one that I don't think 'quite so pretty' which I will post on a new topic with my other unidentified/unmarked pieces of Davidson.Many thanksHil.

Yes, Hil, you're pretty much right. The pattern was called the 1896 Suite as Chris Stewart said (design registered in 1895) but could have been made for many years - although I seem to recall someone on the board (possibly Adam D?) telling me that after WW2 cakestands tended to have metal stands rather than glass ones so that may narrow it down further. Chris may be able to add more to this as he is researching Davidson patterns for his next book so it may be a question he can answer fairly easily. (I don't recall it being mentioned in the first book but I could be wrong!)